The Jade-Faced Fairy froze. "J-join the Tushan Clan?"
She was stunned for a moment. "I... I've never thought about that."
That was a lie. She simply lacked the connections.
The Yuheng Great Elder Lineage's suppression of them, the Clan Leader's aging, the decline of the Jade Dragon Mountain branch—she had seen it all.
She dared not consider it, could not consider it, and had no avenue for doing so.
She carried the Jade Fox Clan's bloodline. In her clansmen's eyes, how would joining the Tushan Clan be any different from betrayal?
Tushan Huanhuan smiled sweetly. "Younger Sister Jade Face, while gathering intelligence in Treasure-Gathering Immortal City, I already heard something of your situation in the Jade Fox Clan."
"Your branch was originally one of the Heavenly Immortal branches. Only because your ancestors offended the Yuheng Great Elder Lineage has it been suppressed for millions of years, declining to this state."
"If you hadn't come along, I'm afraid your branch wouldn't even have a True Immortal Realm cultivator left."
"Without a True Immortal Realm cultivator holding the fort, it won't be long before no one remembers your branch, and its bloodline ceases to continue."
Every word was a blade, every sentence drew blood.
Tushan Huanhuan spoke gently, yet what she said was the reality the Jade-Faced Fairy least wanted to face.
The Jade-Faced Fairy's heart jolted. That's right. Without me, after Father's death, our Jade Dragon Mountain branch would have had a gap in its line of True Immortal cultivators.
In fact, that gap had already lasted tens of thousands of years. Only by relying on Brother Zhen, at the True Immortal Mid Stage, and the Third-Grade Immortal-Grade Formation he had improved had they managed to protect Jade Dragon Mountain · Flying Immortal Cave.
She still remembered how, shortly after her